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Air National Guard and Air Force

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Reserve units from Wyoming , Nevada ,

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California , and Colorado activated to

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fight the wildfires in the Los Angeles

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area . They're using C-130 aircraft

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equipped with modular airborne

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firefighting systems , or MAFs . MAPs

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are portable fire retardant delivery

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systems developed as a joint effort

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between the Department of Defense and

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the US Forest Service . They can fit

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into a C-130 aircraft without major

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structural modifications , and when

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airborne , each unit can discharge up

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to 3000 gallons of retardant in less

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than 5 seconds . More than 1800

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National Guard members activated to

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provide ground and air firefighting

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support . US Northern Command is

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spearheading the effort , working with

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the US Forest Service .